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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  9. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  10. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  11. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  12. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  13. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  14. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  15. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  16. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  17. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
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